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At The Dog Track

Version 0.95

@ 9/17/1989

by David Bernazzani Todd Rego

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"At The Dog Track" is a program written in C and is designedto simulate the fun and excitement of a real dogtrack. Eight dogs,numbered from 1 to 8 will race across the screen, back across thetop and then back to the bottom to the finish line. Before eachrace, a list of dogs, their times, their weights, approximate oddsand how well they finished in their last 5 races. All of these arefactors to determine how well the dog will run for that race. Thisdoes not mean that the dog with the best time and fastest raceswill win, only that it has a better chance of winning than theothers. That's gambling for you!

Many of the bets covered at a real dogtrack are also simulatedhere. You can choose a dog to WIN PLACE or SHOW, choose a TRIFECTATRIFECTA KEY or TRIFECTA BOX, choose QUINIELLA, QUINIELLA BOX andfor the fourth race, you can choose SUPERFECTA or SUPERFECTA BOX. A brief description of each follows:

WIN - Min $2.00 bet. Must be 1st to win.PLACE - Min $2.00 bet. Must be 1st or 2nd to win.SHOW - Min $2.00 bet. Must be 1st, 2nd or 3rd to win.TRIFECTA - $2.00 bet. Pick 3 dogs in EXACT order. Higher payoff than Trifecta Box or Trifecta Key.TRIFECTA BOX - $6.00 bet. Pick 3 dogs in ANY order.TRIFECTA KEY - $2.00 bet. Pick 3 dogs. 1st dog is key and must come in 1st to win.QUINELLA - $2.00 bet. Pick 2 dogs and they must come in 1st or 2nd to win.QUINELLA BOX - $6.00 bet. Pick 3 dogs. Any 2 must come in 1st and 2nd to win.SUPERFECTA - $12.00 bet. Pick 4 dogs. First is key and must win. The other 3 dogs can come in any order.SUPERFECTA BOX - $48.00 bet. Pick 4 dogs. Can come in ANY order.

Note: Superfecta is only done in race #4.

To start the game type DOGTRACK at the DOS prompt. If you needhelp, press H in the main screen. If you need help with bets,press the H key in the bet window. To enter the Bet Window, press'B' from the main odds screen. To leave the bet window, press theX key. To exit the game, press Q at the main screen. There is ahigh score list for those of you who are superior betters.